[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Thanks for the kind words BM. My hands have grown a bit unsteady over the years so I've cooled it with customs for the most part. While it was only a simple repaint, that Rogue is still my favorite custom I've finished. I hope that Hasbro will give me a reason to retire it someday, as despite minimal play, father time is starting to wear her down a bit, and it makes me sad whenever a spot a paint chip or a ding from storage on her.

Had to dig her up, but since you asked...here's Mary as I finally left her.



I swapped out her original arms with those from a Walgreens Emma Frost (which give her jacket a more cropped look, and also have better articulation than Mary's original arms.) Hands are a mix from that Emma and a vintage Widow, and I ditched the oversized katana that came with her for the smaller katana that came with Blade. I had put the heels from Walgreens Emma on her for a while, but they made her hell to stand and pose. They also made her feel a bit too tall for my liking, so I went back to the boots from Punk Storm.

I completely agree with your stance on accessory packs being much needed for Legends. All of the kitbashing that went into making my ideal Mary is proof of that. I've spent so much money on accessories, fodder figures and parts over the years, that I'm sure I would be able to skip a car payment for at least a month or two at this point.

Hasbro should look into the business models that Mattel and McFarlane used to have with their Masters and Halo lines, or the current success of Jazwares Fortnite line if they need some inspiration to give it a shot. Some of those accessory packs (especially the Halo: Reach sets) go for ridiculous amounts of cash on the secondary market, and were impossible to find when they were released due to their popularity with collectors who wanted to outfit their Spartans however they choose. The Masters ones were ingenious, as they often featured headsculpts OR weapons that allowed you to complete looks of certain characters across different incarnations of the show like MotU 200X.

Hasbro has tried to (and failed) to sell us many newer lines of the modular styled action figure, but I don't think that even they realize at times that they are already sitting on a line of (largely) modular figures just ripe for the customizing pitch they want to sell us. They already know there is a mad fever for Legends figures, all they need to do is capitalize. Can you imagine if Hasbro started doing Marvel Legend accessory blind bags? We'd be cursing and spitting at them the entire time, but we'd also be standing in the toy aisle at Target crunching tiny bags for hours wondering if we're getting some fisted or wall crawling hands this time like the plastic crack addicts we are.

Thanks Triv, I've bookmarked the page now. I've taken to doing as much with the smart mods I've seen recently. I particularly enjoy the kitbashes that I think I might have a shot at doing with great aesthetics, but also aren't out of reach for a neophyte like myself. I liked that Maryjane from a few pages back as well.

I'm also surprised that Hasbro hasn't seized upon accessory packs by now as an easy profit model. Many different lines offer them and I've purchased numerous packs for Mythic Legions. How easy would it be to package up some splayed hands and fists, put out a weapon pack, or create some expressive heads to add new life to old figs? I truly believed they'd go that route after seeing DC Icons do as much, but nothing ever materialized. The topic has surfaced more than few times on the thread with most heads agreeing that they'd be all over that...

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

An alternative is Gwen Stacey. Her feet look pretty good on the Typhoid Mary legs. I used them for a Lila Cheney custom I did. I think the Gwen Stacey might be cheaper/easier to get than a punk Storm.

EDIT: Here's the pic, so you can see the what the feet look like on the legs.

I saw that and thought it was pretty dope. While only being marginally aware of the character (I stopped X-men after Inferno and never really read New Mutants), I still thought what you put together was pretty amazing. I've peeped your skill at kitbashing and consider you to be really talented and definitely in league with many of the other creative people here.

Baby steps for now for me, I don't intend on doing any heavy lifting as far as customs go...